'Cooly efficient' Cobo

TOTAL COBO'S season has barely got into swing, such has been their misfortune with the weather. As potential Barclays Evening League Division One champions, the boys in navy blue have been starved of cricket.

Amazingly, with the longest day barely a fortnight away, last night's game was only the second of the 14 they are scheduled to play.

To their credit, there was no sign of rustiness from Stuart Le Prevost's team.

'Chillingly efficient,' is how all-rounder TJ Ozanne called it as they scored a 10-wicket win achieved with embarrassing ease over the woeful 2004 double champions.

C&W Rovers' season threatens to fizzle out long before its end at this rate.

Last night they were again without key players, their fortunes exemplified by Tim Duke's late arrival due to flight delays.

The prolific opener did not arrive until the start of the Cobo reply, by which time his side had slumped to a mediocre 78 for six from 20 overs.

Only Richard Headington made a fist of things with the bat, stroking an unbeaten 40 while wickets fell steadily at the other end.

Former Rover Mark Renouf did more than anyone to ensure the champions would not set a testing target.

With Headington and Richard Hamilton having added 20 sedate runs for the first wicket, he struck in his third over, first trapping the latter leg before and, next ball, having Aaron Scoones caught at the wicket.

Two overs later Renouf also accounted for Quentin Hubbard, by which time Headington was in damage-limitation mode and not prepared to do anything silly in search of a winning score that was not there.

Cobo were excellent in the field and on this form look sure to push Clubhouse Optimists all the way for the title.

They certainly look a good deal more hungry for action than Rovers, whose bowling gave openers Matt Oliver and Jamie Nussbaumer few worries.

The openers raced their side to victory in just 10.4 overs promoting stand-in skipper Scoones to slam his team.

'I apologised to Cobo tonight and I apologised to Optimists on Saturday.

'It's an absolute disgrace.

'Our players have to realise they need to show commitment.'

Oliver and Nussbaumer were not complaining though, having helped themselves to 42 and 33 respectively.

Meanwhile, another Cobo opener was enjoying himself at La Mare de Carteret.

Kevin Le Tissier smashed an unbeaten 97 in the Legends' victory over Specsavers. He faced 53 balls, hitting five sixes and the same number of fours as Cobo notched up 176.

Le Tissier shared in an opening stand of 164 with Gareth Le Prevost.

For Specsavers, Laurence Graham blugeoned a 24-ball 49 including four sixes, but his side fell 46 runs short.